Valve details Team Fortess 2 tweaks, 360 update

by Justin McElroy { Dec 12th 2008 at 9:55AM }

Though Valve likely somewhat cannibalized the Team Fortress 2 fan base with the release of its own, equally excellent Left 4 Dead, there's still pretty fervent interest in big changes and small tweaks coming to the game. The company recently detailed a few of them, like rechargeable cloaking for Spies and the ability to upgrade dispensers and teleporters to level 3.

Valve also revealed that it's working on a Scout expansion next, as well as "a massive Xbox 360 update, which will include pretty much everything shipped on the PC in the last year. " Sadly, there's still no date on the upgrade.

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Tags: dlc, steam, team-fortress-2, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Trippy Haps @ Dec 12th 2008 10:14AM

Anyone recall the episode of Family Guy in which Lois and Peter temporarily seperate, and go date other people...so Peter goes to one of his old high school flings, who is still wearing her prom dress from their date and hasn't washed her hand since the that day?

She even kept one of his "leftovers" in the toilet from that night and has been feeding it...

...Yeahhhh...feeling kind of like that.

Peter = Valve
Me = Pathetic, psychotic prom date
TF2 on 360 = Turd

But I'm grateful just the same to fiiiiinally get some updates for the game. Better late than never, eh?

Fox318 @ Dec 12th 2008 10:33AM

Why would you buy a valve game on 360 anyway?

Monkeys Suck @ Dec 12th 2008 10:49AM

They DID say that because they were being forced to charge, they would delay the updates for 360 so users could get the most value. Then again, there have been free updates to other games, so maybe someone should explain better.

The Dark Wayne @ Dec 12th 2008 10:19AM

you know I wasnt even aware all the updates they did on the PC weren't on the 360. I guess I just always assumed you had had to unlock it somehow

WorMzy @ Dec 12th 2008 10:20AM

People actually play the 360 version?

Alex @ Dec 12th 2008 10:22AM

Valve would be smart to release team fortress along with left 4 dead, in some sort of compliation disc for 40 bucks early next year.

Doug @ Dec 12th 2008 8:45PM

Yeah, that and CSS for 50$. Best deal 2009 right?

MowDownJoe @ Dec 12th 2008 10:27AM

Actually, while the Scout update isn't out yet, the changes to Engie (upgrading Teleporters and Dispensers) and Spy (ammo crates recharging cloak) are currently out (plus, a Demoman nerf! Oh, and some quality-of-life features like Medic calls showing more info and achievement trackers).

Nomi @ Dec 12th 2008 10:45AM

Not that bad of a nerf...just discourages demo man turtling. You can still defend as well by hiding your stickies instead of just spamming them all over entrances. Also you can still blow up stickies mid air...although it makes it hard to take out sgs, which sucks balls as that was the one thing the demo was impossibly good at.

S4Rs @ Dec 12th 2008 10:43AM

Call me old fashioned, but if could play counterstrike with native keyboard and mouse support on my PS3. I would officially never ever buy another game for my PS3.

If that was the case I could legitimately play PC players too. There would be no need for separation of the servers.

Haggard @ Dec 12th 2008 11:15AM

I'd play my PS3 a lot more if I was able to use mouse and keyboard on it ^^

Blazur @ Dec 12th 2008 10:45AM

Very nice update, and a rather unexpected one too since they had gone on records to say no updates would be released until 2009. Looking forward to seeing what they do with the Scout...even tho he's one of my least favorite classes.

"Need an achievement here."

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Dec 12th 2008 11:24AM

Level 3 teleporters and dispensers? THERE IS A GOD.

WiNG LifeInAGame.com @ Dec 12th 2008 11:41AM

UPDATE:

The engineer and spy upgrades, as well as the demoman nerf, are in effect as of last night.

StuScotsLazyEye @ Dec 12th 2008 11:46AM

Played with the updates last night, and let me tell you, the level 3 dispenser is absolutely ridiculous when it come to it's health recharge rate. It is almost as fast as a medic healing you with a medigun now (might be faster, who knows).

Also, the demo's stickies crumble now when shot with bullets instead of being moved away. I was still able to top servers last night in score as a demoman though, so I wouldn't consider it a nerf. They're still as deadly as ever.

Other miscellaneous tweaks are thrown in there too, like teleporter changes and Spy upgrades (picking up building shards and ammo with add to the cloak's longevity). Overall it's a welcomed update with some nice changes. Nothing too drastic.